Melvin Kosbruk, a 28-year-old Native American man from Anchorage, was found dead on January 13, 2013, inside the apartment he shared with his 67-year-old roommate, Gary Erwin, in the 500 block of Irwin Street. The landlord discovered the two men after a worried family member requested a welfare check, and Anchorage Police opened a double-homicide investigation under case number 13-1972.

Detectives initially withheld the cause of death from public release, and community notices asked anyone with information about the quiet apartment or the men’s routines to come forward. Months later no arrests had been announced and no suspects publicly identified in Kosbruk’s killing; the case is listed among Anchorage’s unsolved homicides and continues to be actively solicited for tips.

Does anyone who knew Melvin or had contact with him or the apartment around January 2013 have information to share?